Forbes September 18, 2020
Bruce Y. Lee

We’re all in this together. Well, sort of, but maybe not really.

While the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has been hard on many, the hardships have hardly been equal. There have been reports of billionaires making billions during the pandemic. At the same time, the just-released results of a poll from July show that a substantial proportion of households are suffering financially. And surprise, surprise, looks like households of color have been hit harder. In fact, the poll revealed that 72% of Latinx households, 60% of Black households, and 55% of Native American households have been facing serious financial problems during the pandemic, compared to 36% of White households.

Researchers from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the Harvard...

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